Fan Line: Remember the difference between Michael Vick, Riley Cooper

It amazes me how people are comparing Michael Vick and
Riley Cooper. Michael Vick did something unspeakable to dogs. Riley
Cooper did something unspeakable to a

View full sizePhiladelphia Eagles wide receiver Riley Cooper meets with the media at NFL football training camp on Wednesday, July 31, 2013, in Philadelphia. Cooper has been fined by the team for making a racial slur at a Kenny Chesney concert that was caught on video, leading him to say he's "ashamed and disgusted" with himself.AP Photo/Philadelphia Daily News, Yong Kim

human being. Do not get the two
confused.

It seems like Chip Kelly's speedy offense will be
slowed down by the NFL's zebras. Remember, the NFL's referees aren't the
youngest of gazelles when it comes to running around the ol' gridiron.
They'll be huffing and puffing so much, they won't be able to blow their
whistles or throw penalty flags, let alone spot the ball correctly.

TEEING OFF

After listening to the golf announcers this weekend, they're all getting back on Tiger Woods' bus. I wonder why.

DIAMOND NOTES

If
Major League Baseball makes deals with any of these players who have
been using drugs for years, then Bud Selig should be fired. If they do
not come down hard on these players, they will continue to do this. Pete
Rose was banned from baseball for life. Major League Baseball should do
the same thing to these players. That's the only way this will be
stopped.

The underachieving Nationals are doing it again.
They're getting shut out again. Bryce Harper is 0-for-2. How about the
guts he has to sound off on his team, when he's the least productive of
all the stars they're supposed to have?

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